Kori, Taylor, and Rebecca take a look at queer spaces in the music industry, cover a little history, and discuss why it’s so hard for explicitly queer music videos to crack the mainstream ceiling. Also, we fangirl over Angel Haze.
In fact, just bask in the Haze right now.
And then go listen to our episode:
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Episode Notes
History of Music Videos:
- http://matheussiqueira.com/a-brief-history-of-music-video/
- “Filmmaker Matheus Siqueira traces some of mv’s earliest history to 1920s short films that had been blended with live-action footage of performers. (This stemmed from the development of sound and the rise of ‘talkies’.)” (wmv 1)
- “1965 The Beatles’s ‘We Can Work it Out’ was the first known mv to be broadcast in full on TV (wmv 1)”
- David Bowie ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’ in 1972
- MTV debuts in 1981; Thriller in 1983
- Music video as belief distilled into aesthetic:
- “Though the typical structures are common, the realized tale means different things in different cultures, times, and media. It is regarded here not merely as the variant of a tale-type, a cultural object, a psychological witness (or symptom), etc., but primarily as an aesthetic work. I believe that, in such tales, the aesthetic is the first and the experienced dimension, through which ethos and worldview are revealed. The other kinds of meanings (psychological, social, etc.) are created, and carried, by the primary, experiential, aesthetic forms and meanings.” (p. 260) — A. K. Ramanujan, ‘Hanchi: A Kannada Cinderella’
- “This was kind of a beauty shoot meets narrative, so that’s always very hard. ‘Cause you’re trying to live up to the standards of doing exacting beauty while telling a story.” (t. 12:37-12:48). — Paul Boyd ‘My, Oh My: Making of the Video’
- History/Queer-Coding Sources:
- http://matheussiqueira.com/a-brief-history-of-music-video/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTkFyOfZB78 (Queercoding in Disney Villain Songs | Dreamsounds)
- https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/notes/2019/3/3/episode-23-bury-the-hays-code
- https://yellowbrickstudiousa.com/soul-sessions-usa/the-music-video-industry/a-brief-history-of-music-videos/
- https://www.history.com/news/the-music-video-before-music-television
- https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/music/2015/08/28/60-music-videos-raised-lgbt-visibility
- https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/darryl-bullock-music-gay-history/
- https://twitter.com/arthur_affect/status/1202309207137013760?s=20
Sources (Mean): May 6th, 2011
- https://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-58624620110804
- http://www.cmt.com/news/1663245/taylor-swifts-mean-video-debuts-friday/
- https://tasteofcountry.com/taylor-swift-ours-video-behind-the-scenes-one/
Sources (ME!): April 26th, 2019
- https://www.autostraddle.com/taylor-swift-didnt-come-out-but-she-she-sure-did-make-a-gay-music-video/
- https://www.pride.com/comingout/2019/4/25/taylor-swift-about-come-out-heres-why-fans-think-so
- https://www.advocate.com/people/2019/4/26/heres-why-people-were-let-down-when-taylor-swift-didnt-come-out
Sources (Halsey): August 30th, 2017
- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/shannonkeating/what-does-a-queer-pop-star-look-like-in-2016
- http://web.archive.org/web/20161209224945/https://popcrush.com/halsey-buzzfeed-article-reaction-bisexuality-gay/
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2017/05/04/halsey-shares-eyes-closed-teases-new-song-lauren-jauregui-hopeless-fountain-kingdom/101298226/
- https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/what-it-means-to-be-halsey.html
- http://web.archive.org/web/20191019130554/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141029-amazons-scythians-hunger-games-herodotus-ice-princess-tattoo-cannabis/
Sources (Angel Haze):
February 14th, 2014 (Battle Cry); March 10th, 2014 (A Tribe Called Red)
- https://www.mic.com/articles/84793/watch-angel-haze-destroy-race-and-sexuality-identity-boxes-in-her-brand-new-video
- https://www.buzzfeed.com/shannonkeating/the-evolution-of-angel-haze
Sources (Hayley Kiyoko):
- https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8467216/hayley-kiyoko-directing-music-videos-vma-nomination
- https://www.elle.com/culture/interviews/a29124/hayley-kiyoko-girls-like-girls-video/
